Feed-bag.



l. lVl. DOHERTY.

FEED BAG.

APPLICAHON FILED AUGJQ. 19H.

` l ,Qy-,S'Yg Patented Sept. 3, MMS.

lNVENTOR ATTORNEY l "To all whom t corwem.'y

" 'f l l JOHN ir. Bonanni?, or citaivisaoox; isaiiiisii, coLUiviBiLeraars.; Y

Be it known that I, JOHN M. `poannfrir, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Cranbrook', in` the Province of British Columbiaand Dominion of 4 Canada'l haveA invented certain new and usefulImprovements in lFeed-Bags, ofwhich the following is a specification. e

This invention relates to a feeding device for animals and moreparticularly to certain improvements in a nose bag' adapted to beattached to the head ofthe animal.

The primary obj ect ofthe invention `is to provide a nose baghavingmeans associated therewith to automatically raise the bottom ofthe bag nearer .the lips of the animal to which it is attached` as thefeed contained iii the bag is consumed and the weight thereofdiminishes.

Another obj ect of the Iinvention isto provide a nose bag of thecharacter set forth l 1 u i `rings 2--2 which are adapted to receive thewhich can be cheaply manufactured and sold and which, when Ain use, willat all. times hold the feed contained therein in a position accessibleto the mouth of the animal' yIn the drawings l? indicates va .standardvtype of nose bag which is preferably made from flexible material and hassecured to its upper edge the oppositely positioned loops 3 3 carried bythe opposite ends of an attaching strip 4. Engaging the outer surface ofthe bag adjacent the. upper edge thereof area pair of oppositelydisposed plates 5, each of theseV plates is of the construction elearlyshown in Fig. 3; the upper end .of each plate being reduced andbent-inwardly above the upper edge of the bag as indicated at 6, thencarried downwardly to extend-'along the inner side `of the bag asindicated at 7 and again bent as at 8 to extend outwardly throughy thematerial of Jghe bagand throughan opening 9 formed in the perpendicularpart of the plate. These outwardly extending ends 8 of the -plateareprovided .with openings 1Q .for a4 purpose to be hereinafter setfortn. Y

A similarly connected pair of plates 'are connected to the lower part ofthe bag with the perpendicular partvll of each of these linnn-BAG.

Specification if Letters yPatent.

Application iled August 29, 1917. Seri-a1 No; 188,851V

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extreme ends of the plates are again bentY as at 14 and 'extendoutwardly through the 65 sides of the bag and through the openingsformed in the perpendicular parts of the plates.

The extended ends 11 of the lower plates are positioned in verticalyalinement with the extended ends of the upper plates and are equippedwith an opening similar with those formed in the ends 8. These" alinedextensions of the upper and lower plates are adapted to be connected bycoiled springs 7 15-15 each of which has one end thereof fastened in theend of one of the extensions -8, and the opposite end 'thereofvfastenedy in the opening in one of the extensions 14.-

As shown these springs are under tension 80 and normally tend tocontract and'thus raise the bottom of the bag nearer to the top., stufethereof. When the bag is secured in "i n as shownintl? ig. 2 the weightof the reed contained ti'erein is sullicient to 85` normally holdthebottom in extended yposition,v but as the` feed is consumed and theweight thereof diminishes, these springswill raise the bottom ofthe bagnearer to they l mouth of the animal thus allowing all the feed in thebag to. be readily consumed.

In the-foregoing I have described only a preferred embodiment of theinvention. It

is to be understood that l reserve the right to make such changes in theconstruction and arrangement of the various parts thereon as may bedesired providing of course that the changes contemplated come within Ithescope of the appended claims.

I clai'mz- 1. A nose bag, including a flexible receptaole7 platessecured to the upper and lower edges of said receptacle, each of saidplates having an end thereof bentto pass through a portion of thereceptacle and to providey a projection extending 'outwardly therefrom,the projectionof the lower plates being ver--` tically alined with theprojection of the. upper plates, and springs connecting saidalinedprojection.

2. A nose"bag,including a flexible krecep-l tacle; plates secured toopposite points lof said receptacle adjacent the upper edge thereon,each of said plates provided with an opening and havin-g the upper endtherein reduced and bent inwardly above the upper edge ofthe receptacle,said reduced end being then carried downwardly along the inner surfaceof the receptacle, and again bent to extend outwardly through the oneside of the receptacle and through the opening of the plate, duplicateplates secured to `the lower part of the receptacle and having otheroutwardly projecting ends alined vertical with the outwardly projectingends of the upper plates and springs connecting the projecting ends ofsaid alined plates.

3. A nose` bag including a flexible receptacleplates secured to theupper and lower' ends thereof, each of said plates being bent to provideportions engaging opposite sides of the receptacle and having one endextended to provide a projection extending outwardly from thereceptacle, and springs connecting the projections of the upper andlower plates to raise the bottom of the bag as the feed thereindiminishes.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. DOHERTY.

